Happy Wednesday!! Happy spooky season!
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TRANSCRIPT
Panel 1 (Imogen, exclaiming, facing the viewer)
Imogen: Don’t you think this is hard for me, too? I’m terrified of the future! But this is the one thing I’ve been good at. I have all this care in me. If you can’t see that, even if you’re trying to protect me, that’s even worse. …please don’t push me away. I really can’t handle being pushed away right now.
Panel 2 (inset, textless, Imogen’s wedding photo)
Panel 3 (Alex in bed, looking chastised, with Imogen turning to look at her)
Alex: …I’m trying.
Imogen: I know, I saw you with your brother’s book. I know it’s hard for you to look weak and let others help you.
Panel 4 (textless, Alex and Eiji’s childhood photo)
Panel 5 (just Alex, still looking chastised)
Alex: Yeah, my parents really did a number on both of us.
It’s going better than I expected 😁
This! Very much this. There’s actual communication happening, even if both of their wounds have been hit.
Glad Alex is taking her medicine on this one, honestly, since yeah, it’s been time for a wakeup call, same as it was for Imogen before we got to this point. The two can do a lot of good for one another provided they also can confront both of their issues.
Aw, I want to give Imogen a big hug right now…
Alex is just saying that as an excuse to deflect instead of apologize, but it’s a start, I guess?
I don’t agree with that because I feel like Alex is the kind of person who hates admitting to her baggage out-loud. That’s a level of vulnerability she tends to avoid and sidestep.
That doesn’t excuse her actions. She’ll hopefully apologize in the next page or two, but for now she’s more focused on her own feelings.
Swear to god, getting to read a new page of this comic every Wednesday is becoming the highlight of my week. I go to bed Tuesday nights all excited because I know there will be an update in the morning. 😅